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Thursday, September 1, 2016

Labour Day weekend construction - what commuters need to know.

Long weekends are an opportune time to get
construction done without impacting the 9-5 weekday commuters. While motorists
may notice several projects around Calgary, these closures can happen for a
variety of reasons.

Paving

This weekend, paving continues on Silver
Ridge Drive N.W., 14 Street N.W. and Edmonton Trail N.W. Keep in mind this work
is weather dependent and rain could cause delays. For more information on
paving, visit Calgary.ca/paving.

Edmonton Trail N.E. will be reduced to a single lane in each direction between 4 Avenue N.E. and 16 Avenue N.E. from 5 am to 10 pm on Saturday, Sunday and Monday this weekend.

14 Street N.W. has moved into phase 3 of 4 of paving work – traffic will be reduced to one lane in each direction from Kensington Road to 5 Avenue N.W.

Silver Ridge Drive N.W. will be closed to through-traffic between Silvercrest Drive N.W.and Silvercrest Crescent N.W. beginning at 7 a.m. on Saturday. This closure remains in place until 7 p.m. on Monday and accommodates paving work.

LRT
Maintenance Work

LRT maintenance work will occur on 14
Avenue N.W. This will affect certain bus/train routes, for more information visit calgarytransit.com.

48 Avenue N.W. is reduced to a single lane in each direction at 23 Avenue N.W. and there will be no access to westbound 23 Avenue N.W. via 48 Avenue N.W. This closure remains in place until 8 p.m. on Sunday. Local access will be maintained in the area. This closure accommodates water services utility work.

Elbow Drive is closed at 75 Avenue S.W. beginning at 7 p.m. tomorrow (Sept. 2). This closure remains in place until 5 a.m. on Monday and accommodates water services utility replacement. Motorists will be detoured around the closure via signage, and are advised to expect delays and use alternate routes when available.

Deep
underground utility work

5 Avenue S.W. is closed between Centre Street and 1 Street S.W. beginning at 7 p.m. Friday (Sept. 2.) This closure remains in place until 5 a.m. on Tuesday.

There will be a two-way setup on 4 Avenue S.E. between 1 Street S.W. and 1 Street S.E. beginning at 7 p.m. tomorrow (Sept. 2). This setup accommodates a detour around construction at Centre Street S, which will be closed between 4 Avenue S.E. and 6 Avenue S.E. during this time. This closure remains in place until 5 a.m. on Tuesday and accommodates deep utility work. Motorists are advised to expect delays and use alternate routes when possible.